1898
The Birth of the American Century
$32.14
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2000
Summary
In 1898: The Birth of the American Century, David Traxel tells the story of a watershed year—a year of foreign conflict, extravagant adventure, and breakneck social change that forged a new America: a sudden empire with many far-flung possessions, a dynamic new player upon the global stage.
At the heart of this vivid, anecdotal history is a masterly account of the Spanish-American War, the “splendid little war” that garnered the nation Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679776710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679776710 |
| Author: | David Traxel |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2000 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“History composed with zest and care and an eye for the anecdote.”- The Boston Globe
“Engaging, compelling and gracefully written.”-Los Angeles Times
“Entertaining… A fund of good stories.”- The New York Times Book Review
“Traxel is a lucid, engaging writer with a sure sense of narrative movement.”-The Washington Post
About The Author
David Traxel
David Traxel received his B.A. in history from the University of California, Berkley, and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has been the recipient of Fulbright, Smithsonian, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, and is the author of An American Saga- The Life and Times of Rockwell Kent. Currently at work on a biography of the American journalist Richard Harding Davis, Traxel lives with his wife, Rosemary, in Philadelphia.
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